Comments on: GonnaBe reinvents social event planning with a radical new apphttp://pando.com/2012/12/20/gonnabe-reinvents-social-event-planning-with-a-radical-new-app/
speaking truth to the new powerTue, 31 Mar 2015 20:25:40 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: hankleberhttp://pando.com/2012/12/20/gonnabe-reinvents-social-event-planning-with-a-radical-new-app/#comment-86105
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:00:45 +0000http://pandodaily.com/?p=59355#comment-86105Jacob Travis Since this article was written we’ve identified at least 20 other apps in the space, all aiming to solve the social planning problem (I can share a list with you offlline if you’d like). What is clearer now after our second year is that the battle is not about design, nor with innovation per se, as EarlyMajority suggested – but about understanding human nature and working with it, not against it.

Ev Williams put it best: “We often think the internet enables you to do new things, but people just want to do the same things they’ve always done.” (via Wired)

In the case of planning, what people have always done is keep their social lives scattered and haphazard on purpose, waiting until the last possible minute to commit to anything in order to ensure the best outcome for their time. This is survival instinct – I don’t think we’re going to change that.

The companies that will succeed in this space must try to harness this existing energy and better corral it. To deny this core human truth is to set the course for major struggle.

If you haven’t already, check out @markymark Hendrickson’t postmortem of Plancast. He articulates many of these points very well: http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/22/post-mortem-for-plancast/

Again, would love to chat offline with you – this space is certainly challenging, but future data in social is pure gold. So onward we charge.

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Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:20:10 +0000http://pandodaily.com/?p=59355#comment-86081hankleber EarlyMajority – What is the latest with this. I was exploring investing in a similar app in stealth mode right now. I’m wondering about what https://twitter.com/#!/mcarney wrote 15 months ago here: “If the company can manage to achieve network scale and demonstrate attractive conversion rates for partners …” Why is there not traction in achieving network scale? It’s so true that “the way we coordinate our social lives is archaic.” Why can’t a killer app that is well-funded like this not get traction?
]]>By: Jacob Travishttp://pando.com/2012/12/20/gonnabe-reinvents-social-event-planning-with-a-radical-new-app/#comment-86082
Mon, 14 Apr 2014 15:20:10 +0000http://pandodaily.com/?p=59355#comment-86082hankleber EarlyMajority – What is the latest with this. I was exploring investing in a similar app in stealth mode right now. I’m wondering about what https://twitter.com/#!/mcarney wrote 15 months ago here: “If the company can manage to achieve network scale and demonstrate attractive conversion rates for partners …” Why is there not traction in achieving network scale? It’s so true that “the way we coordinate our social lives is archaic.” Why can’t a killer app that is well-funded like this not get traction?
]]>By: logeshhttp://pando.com/2012/12/20/gonnabe-reinvents-social-event-planning-with-a-radical-new-app/#comment-71863
Tue, 03 Dec 2013 06:47:28 +0000http://pandodaily.com/?p=59355#comment-71863There is lot event management software available in the market with various applications including email , schedule, etc. This may help event planners by reducing time and energy. For any queries on event management please visit:http://www.hilltopman.com/eventmanagement.php
]]>By: logeshhttp://pando.com/2012/12/20/gonnabe-reinvents-social-event-planning-with-a-radical-new-app/#comment-71862
Tue, 03 Dec 2013 06:45:22 +0000http://pandodaily.com/?p=59355#comment-71862There is lot event management software available in the market with various applications including email , schedule, etc. This may help event planners by reducing time and energy
]]>By: Nathan Chandrahttp://pando.com/2012/12/20/gonnabe-reinvents-social-event-planning-with-a-radical-new-app/#comment-39993
Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:20:05 +0000http://pandodaily.com/?p=59355#comment-39993Congrats Hank! I’m glad you were able to make this a reality. Keep grinding!
]]>By: Nathan Chandrahttp://pando.com/2012/12/20/gonnabe-reinvents-social-event-planning-with-a-radical-new-app/#comment-39994
Sun, 23 Dec 2012 06:20:05 +0000http://pandodaily.com/?p=59355#comment-39994Congrats Hank! I’m glad you were able to make this a reality. Keep grinding!
]]>By: hankleberhttp://pando.com/2012/12/20/gonnabe-reinvents-social-event-planning-with-a-radical-new-app/#comment-39971
Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:19:14 +0000http://pandodaily.com/?p=59355#comment-39971EarlyMajority hankleber We’re just getting started – this is the beginning, not the end.
Though I would argue that Pinterest brought no new technology to the table – only well-timed cultural insight and spot-on UX. – i.e. the “way information is presented.” Same with Twitter. Same with Facebook.
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Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:19:14 +0000http://pandodaily.com/?p=59355#comment-39972EarlyMajority hankleber We’re just getting started – this is the beginning, not the end.
Though I would argue that Pinterest brought no new technology to the table – only well-timed cultural insight and spot-on UX. – i.e. the “way information is presented.” Same with Twitter. Same with Facebook.
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Sat, 22 Dec 2012 21:09:37 +0000http://pandodaily.com/?p=59355#comment-39968hankleber EarlyMajority That may be true in general as many businesses that failed were before their time, but the only thing that is innovative in this app is the way the information is presented. To truly adress the “problem”, the innovation needs to go deeper than that.
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